Every week Maximus Breidert and Carter Rollins mow Raymonde Jacques’ yard.

Frankfort Independent Schools recently announced the names of the 2020 and 2021 Hall of Fame inductees.

Second Street School STEM teacher Katie Murphy was all smiles Saturday morning as she prepared for a flight on a Civil Air Patrol (CAP) Gippsland GA8 at the Capital City Airport. 

Frankfort Independent Schools has announced the hiring of Paul Thompson as its district athletic and activities director.

The renovation of Second Street School’s playgrounds moved a step closer to reality at the Frankfort Independent Schools board meeting Monday.

A Frankfort High School student has been named to the 2021-22 Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council.

Diversity among educational staff is something local school administrators are seeking.

Gabriel Langley Boaventura started taking dual credit classes when he was in middle school as a way to challenge himself.

The Frankfort Independent Schools Board of Education received a TIGER Grant update for work being done on Second Street Monday, and board members and FIS staff had a chance to voice their concerns.

Frankfort High held its senior parade May 20 in South Frankfort. 

Alex Aossey’s love of gaming has made him a state champion.

Frankfort High School students have been able to get out from behind their desks and do some hands-on work in a “food forest” they are creating at the school.

To celebrate local educators for Teacher Appreciation Week, Wiggins Orthodontics hosted a contest asking Frankfort and Lawrenceburg students to nominate their favorite teachers.

To honor survivors and victims of gun violence, local organizations are partnering to raise awareness of the issue and help those in need.

The Frankfort Independent Schools Board of Education approved a supplemental year for students at its meeting Monday.

Frankfort High students Ella Abney and Lilia Saxena Smithson started out with an idea.

Mikey Mitchell is dedicated to school.

Senior Halle Simons was surprised on the steps of Frankfort High School Friday with a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Friends of Paul Sawyier Public Library.

The Frankfort High School Drama Club will present "The Frankfort Drama Revue." "The Revue" is constructed on a variety show format and features multiple scenes and vignettes from well-known plays, as well as some more obscure works. This is the students' first theatrical production in over a…

When Frankfort High math teacher Melissa Crosby heard from Cambridge University Press about its dedicated-teacher awards, she was skeptical.

A total of 17 local high school juniors have been selected for the Governor’s Scholars Program this summer.

Second Street School preschoolers got into the Derby spirit Wednesday as they raced their pool noodle horses — with names like T-Rex, Watermelon, Elsa and Joe — across the Old Capitol lawn.

The Frankfort Independent Schools Board of Education approved a 2% raise for certified personnel beginning in fiscal year 2021-22.

Kids Fest, the annual kindergarten readiness event hosted by the First5 Franklin Early Childhood Council in collaboration with Frankfort Independent and Franklin County schools, is planned for next week.

Four local students are among the 120 selected to attend the Governor’s School for Entrepreneurs, a highly competitive summer program for Kentucky high schoolers to focus on product innovation and business model design.

Frankfort High will have its graduation ceremony May 21 on the front lawn of the school.

Omari Jointer is in his first year of middle school, and he’s making quite an impression.

Jessica Harley, a counselor at Frankfort High School, has been named the Kentucky Counselor of the Year by the Kentucky School Counselor Association.

Stella Young has made an impression with her passion for learning, and the Second Street kindergartener has been named the WesBanco Student of the Week.

For the first time this school year, Frankfort Independent Schools will field middle school sports teams.

When the Kentucky General Assembly passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act in 1990, one change that came from the legislation was the site-based decision making council.

Yard signs have been popping up around town, letting people know a hard-working Second Street School student lives at that location.

Frankfort High sophomore Audrey Gilbert thinks students need to be heard when decisions are made affecting schools, and on Monday she made her third presentation about adding a non-voting student member to the FHS Site-Based Decision Making Council.

Krishaun Mulder is an enthusiastic student, and the second grader at Second Street School has been selected as the WesBanco Student of the Week.

The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) is looking to fill 14 vacancies on the 2021-22 Commissioner’s Student Advisory Council, a group that provides input to the state commissioner of education.

COVID-19 caused the delay, but Frankfort High upheld its tradition of the senior clap-in Monday.

A local Gatton Academy student from Western Hills has been named one of 10 seniors named as candidates for the 2021 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Frankfort Independent Schools, in partnership with Cumberland Family Medical Centers, is offering free COVID-19 testing Tuesday and Thursday in the Second Street School parking lot.

Franklin County Schools is looking for a few substitute teachers.

COVID-19 issues have hit the Frankfort boys basketball program for the fourth time this season.

No major problems were found in the Frankfort Independent Schools’ financial audit for the 2020 fiscal year.

Western Hills academic team soundly defeated its competition at the 41st District Governor’s Cup on Saturday.

Eight local students were honored by the Martin Luther King Jr. State Commission and Kentucky Heritage Council on Monday for expressing themselves creatively through essays, visual art and poetry.

The state Department of Education and Valvoline Inc. are accepting nominations for 2022 Kentucky Teacher Awards.

Frankfort Independent Schools was ready to go with its phase-in plan for in-person instruction this week.

Frankfort Independent Schools Superintendent Houston Barber posted on Twitter Friday that the district will continue virtual instruction through Friday, Jan. 15.